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IMMERSE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Devote (oneself) fully to

Example:

He immersed himself into his studies

Synonyms:

absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "immerse" is one way to...):

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

Verb group:

immerse; plunge (cause to be immersed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "immerse"):

drink; drink in (be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to be immersed

Example:

The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text

Synonyms:

immerse; plunge

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Cause:

absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (devote (oneself) fully to)

Verb group:

absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (devote (oneself) fully to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

immersion (the act of wetting something by submerging it)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thrust or throw into

Example:

Immerse yourself in hot water

Synonyms:

immerse; plunge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "immerse" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "immerse"):

dip; dunk (dip into a liquid while eating)

dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)

dip (plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container)

dip (immerse in a disinfectant solution)

submerge; submerse (put under water)

soak (submerge in a liquid)

sheathe (plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They immerse the object in the water

Sense 4

Meaning:

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Example:

The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

Synonyms:

bury; eat up; immerse; swallow; swallow up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "immerse" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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